Re: [orca-list] Taking the plunge --- well sort of

[JOHN G HEIM <jheim math wisc edu>]

What you said made sense though. When more than one desktop manager is 
installed on a system and when you hit the button on the login screen to 
pick one, Ubuntu unity is listed as Ubuntu. So in a way, there is a 
desktop called Ubuntu and another called Mate. That's what I thought you 
meant.



On 12/29/18 9:32 AM, Jeffry Miller via orca-list wrote:
> i stand correcting it shows how much of a newby i am lol.
>
> On 12/29/2018 9:53 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > mate and ubuntu is like comparing apples to oranges.  Ubuntu is an
> > operating system and mate is a desktop manager two different things
> > entirely.  Actually, you can download a ubuntu-mate iso and install that
> > if you like.  Unity gnome mate X11 blackbox metacity enlightenment kde
> > qt are all desktop managers.  Debian, ubuntu archlinux blackarch mint
> > antergos fedora are all operating systems.
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Dec 2018, Jeffry Miller via orca-list wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:33:52
> > > From: Jeffry Miller via orca-list<orca-list gnome org>
> > > Reply-To: Jeffry Miller<fafajam gmail com>
> > > To:orca-list gnome org
> > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] Taking the plunge --- well sort of
> > >
> > > also new and i too am learning but my preference is mate over ubuntu.? again
> > > this is just an opinion so you should use the one you like the most.On
> > > 12/28/2018 6:36 PM, Michael Maslo via orca-list wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I am also new to orca. It is interesting and I am learning slowly.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > >
> > > > Michael
> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > *From:* orca-list<orca-list-bounces gnome org>  on behalf of Jace Kattalakis
> > > > via orca-list<orca-list gnome org>
> > > > *Sent:* Friday, December 28, 2018 17:09
> > > > *To:*orca-list gnome org
> > > > *Subject:* Re: [orca-list] Taking the plunge --- well sort of
> > > > I'd say if you got a spare drive, put Ubunu on one drive, and Windows on
> > > > a whole seperate drive honestly. Saves a lot of headaches down the road.
> > > >
> > > > On 28/12/2018 23:03, James via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Well I am a step closer to making the almost full time switch to Linux.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have created a bootable USB of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. However, I am
> > > > > wondering if Ubuntu MATE or Debian would be a better choice to begin
> > > > > with. I have figured out how to read HTML help with Orca but not how
> > > > > to read the keyboard shortcuts for Gedit. Using object navigation (if
> > > > > that is the correct term for Orca's numberpad functionality) yields no
> > > > > results.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway, next step is to partition my drives as I? will still ned
> > > > > Windows for work. Looking forward to the journey.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks and best wishes
> > > > >
> > > > > James
> > > > >
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